Areas Related To CirclesClass 10 Mathematics NCERT Solutions
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Q1EXERCISE 11.1
Find the area of a sector of a circle with radius 6 cm if angle of the sector is .
Solution
Given:
Radius of the circle,
Angle of the sector,
To Find:
The area of the sector.
Formula:
Area of a sector of angle is given by:
Solution:
Substituting the given values into the formula:
Final Answer:
The area of the sector is or approximately .
Q2EXERCISE 11.1
Find the area of a quadrant of a circle whose circumference is 22 cm .
Solution
Given:
Circumference of the circle = 22 cm.
A quadrant of a circle has a central angle of .
To Find:
The area of the quadrant.
Formula:
Circumference of a circle,
Area of a quadrant =
Solution:
First, we find the radius of the circle from its circumference.
Now, we calculate the area of the quadrant.
Area of quadrant =
Final Answer:
The area of the quadrant is or .
Q3EXERCISE 11.1
The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm . Find the area swept by the minute hand in 5 minutes.
Solution
Given:
Length of the minute hand (radius),
Time duration = 5 minutes.
To Find:
The area swept by the minute hand in 5 minutes.
Solution:
The minute hand of a clock completes a full circle () in 60 minutes.
Angle swept in 60 minutes =
Angle swept in 1 minute =
Angle swept in 5 minutes,
The area swept is the area of a sector with angle and radius 14 cm.
Formula:
Area of a sector,
Calculation:
Final Answer:
The area swept by the minute hand in 5 minutes is or approximately .
Q4EXERCISE 11.1
A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm subtends a right angle at the centre. Find the area of the corresponding: (i) minor segment (ii) major sector. (Use )
Solution
Given:
Radius of the circle,
Angle subtended at the centre, (right angle)
Value of
To Find:
(i)
Area of the minor segment
(ii)
Area of the major sector
Solution:
(i) Area of the minor segment
Formula:
Area of minor segment = Area of minor sector - Area of
First, calculate the area of the minor sector OAB.
Area of minor sector =
Next, calculate the area of the triangle OAB.
Since the angle at the center is , is a right-angled triangle with the two radii as its perpendicular sides.
Area of
Now, find the area of the minor segment.
Area of minor segment =
(ii) Area of the major sector
Formula:
Area of major sector = Area of circle - Area of minor sector
Alternatively, Angle of major sector =
Angle of major sector =
Area of major sector =
Final Answer:
(i)
The area of the minor segment is .
(ii)
The area of the major sector is .
Q5EXERCISE 11.1
In a circle of radius 21 cm , an arc subtends an angle of at the centre. Find:
(i)
the length of the arc
(ii)
area of the sector formed by the arc
(iii)
area of the segment formed by the corresponding chord
Solution
Given:
Radius of the circle,
Angle subtended at the centre,
To Find:
(i)
Length of the arc
(ii)
Area of the sector
(iii)
Area of the segment
Solution:
(i) The length of the arc
Formula:
Length of arc =
Calculation:
Length of arc =
(ii) Area of the sector formed by the arc
Formula:
Area of sector =
Calculation:
Area of sector =
(iii) Area of the segment formed by the corresponding chord
Formula:
Area of segment = Area of sector - Area of
In , two sides OA and OB are radii, so cm. The angle between them, .
Since two sides are equal, the angles opposite to them are also equal, .
Sum of angles in a triangle is , so .
, so .
Thus, is an equilateral triangle with side length 21 cm.
Formula for area of equilateral triangle:
Area =
Calculation:
Area of
Area of segment = Area of sector - Area of
Final Answer:
(i)
The length of the arc is .
(ii)
The area of the sector is .
(iii)
The area of the segment is .
Q6EXERCISE 11.1
A chord of a circle of radius 15 cm subtends an angle of at the centre. Find the areas of the corresponding minor and major segments of the circle. (Use and )
Solution
Given:
Radius of the circle,
Angle at the centre,
Use and
To Find:
Areas of the minor and major segments.
Solution:
Area of the minor segment
Formula:
Area of minor segment = Area of minor sector - Area of triangle
First, calculate the area of the minor sector.
Area of minor sector =
Next, calculate the area of the triangle formed by the chord and two radii.
Since the angle at the centre is and the two sides are radii (equal), the triangle is equilateral with side length 15 cm.
Area of equilateral triangle =
Area of minor segment =
Area of the major segment
Formula:
Area of major segment = Area of circle - Area of minor segment
First, calculate the area of the circle.
Area of circle =
Area of major segment =
Final Answer:
The area of the minor segment is .
The area of the major segment is .
Q7EXERCISE 11.1
A chord of a circle of radius 12 cm subtends an angle of at the centre. Find the area of the corresponding segment of the circle. (Use and )
Solution
Given:
Radius of the circle,
Angle at the centre,
Use and
To Find:
Area of the corresponding segment (minor segment).
Formula:
Area of segment = Area of sector - Area of triangle
Solution:
First, calculate the area of the sector OAB.
Area of sector =
Next, calculate the area of .
To find the area of , draw a perpendicular OM from O to the chord AB. This perpendicular bisects the chord AB and the angle .
So, .
In the right-angled triangle :
Length of the chord
Area of
Using :
Area of
Now, calculate the area of the segment.
Area of segment = Area of sector - Area of
Final Answer:
The area of the corresponding segment is .
Q8EXERCISE 11.1
A horse is tied to a peg at one corner of a square shaped grass field of side 15 m by means of a 5 m long rope. Find
(i)
the area of that part of the field in which the horse can graze.
(ii)
the increase in the grazing area if the rope were 10 m long instead of 5 m . (Use )
Solution
Given:
Side of the square grass field = 15 m.
The horse is tied at a corner, so the angle of the sector available for grazing is (angle of a square's corner).
Use .
(i) Grazing area with a 5 m rope
Length of the rope (radius), .
To Find: The grazing area.
Solution:
The area the horse can graze is a quadrant of a circle with radius 5 m.
Area of grazing = Area of sector =
(ii) Increase in grazing area with a 10 m rope
New length of the rope (radius), .
To Find: The increase in the grazing area.
Solution:
First, find the new grazing area with the 10 m rope.
New grazing area =
Increase in grazing area = New grazing area - Original grazing area
Final Answer:
(i)
The area of the field the horse can graze is .
(ii)
The increase in the grazing area is .
Q9EXERCISE 11.1
A brooch is made with silver wire in the form of a circle with diameter 35 mm . The wire is also used in making 5 diameters which divide the circle into 10 equal sectors. Find:
(i)
the total length of the silver wire required.
(ii)
the area of each sector of the brooch.
Solution
Given:
Diameter of the circular brooch, .
Radius of the brooch, .
Number of diameters used = 5.
Number of equal sectors = 10.
To Find:
(i)
Total length of the silver wire required.
(ii)
The area of each sector.
Solution:
(i) Total length of the silver wire required
The total length of the wire is the sum of the length of the wire for the circumference and the length of the 5 diameters.
Formula:
Circumference =
Calculation:
Length of wire for circumference = .
Length of wire for 5 diameters = .
Total length of wire = Length for circumference + Length for 5 diameters
(ii) The area of each sector of the brooch
The circle is divided into 10 equal sectors.
Angle of each sector, .
Formula:
Area of a sector =
Calculation:
Area of each sector =
Final Answer:
(i)
The total length of the silver wire required is .
(ii)
The area of each sector of the brooch is or .
Q10EXERCISE 11.1
An umbrella has 8 ribs which are equally spaced. Assuming umbrella to be a flat circle of radius 45 cm , find the area between the two consecutive ribs of the umbrella.
Solution
Given:
Number of ribs = 8.
The ribs are equally spaced.
Radius of the flat circle, .
To Find:
The area between two consecutive ribs.
Solution:
The area between two consecutive ribs is the area of one sector.
Since there are 8 equally spaced ribs, the circle is divided into 8 equal sectors.
Angle of each sector, .
Formula:
Area of a sector = \frac{\theta}{360^{\circ}}} \times \pi r^2
Calculation:
Area =
Final Answer:
The area between the two consecutive ribs of the umbrella is or approximately .
Q11EXERCISE 11.1
A car has two wipers which do not overlap. Each wiper has a blade of length 25 cm sweeping through an angle of . Find the total area cleaned at each sweep of the blades.
Solution
Given:
Number of wipers = 2.
Length of each blade (radius), .
Angle of sweep, .
The wipers do not overlap.
To Find:
The total area cleaned at each sweep of the blades.
Solution:
The area cleaned by one wiper is the area of a sector.
Formula:
Area of a sector =
Calculation for one wiper:
Area cleaned by one wiper =
Since there are two identical wipers, the total area cleaned is twice the area cleaned by one wiper.
Total area cleaned =
Final Answer:
The total area cleaned at each sweep of the blades is or approximately .
Q12EXERCISE 11.1
To warn ships for underwater rocks, a lighthouse spreads a red coloured light over a sector of angle to a distance of 16.5 km . Find the area of the sea over which the ships are warned. (Use )
Solution
Given:
Angle of the sector, .
Distance the light spreads (radius), .
Use .
To Find:
The area of the sea over which the ships are warned.
Solution:
The area is that of a sector of a circle.
Formula:
Area of a sector =
Calculation:
Area =
Final Answer:
The area of the sea over which the ships are warned is .
Q13EXERCISE 11.1
A round table cover has six equal designs. If the radius of the cover is 28 cm , find the cost of making the designs at the rate of ₹ 0.35 per . (Use )
Solution
Given:
Number of equal designs = 6.
Radius of the cover, .
Cost rate = ₹ 0.35 per .
Use .
To Find:
The total cost of making the designs.
Solution:
The 6 equal designs are 6 equal segments of the circle.
The angle of the sector corresponding to each design at the center is .
First, find the area of one design (one segment).
Area of one segment = Area of sector - Area of triangle.
Area of the sector:
Area of the triangle:
Since the angle at the center is and the two sides are radii, the triangle is equilateral with side length 28 cm.
Area of equilateral triangle =
Area of one design = Area of sector - Area of triangle
Total area of 6 designs = Area of one design
Total cost of making the designs = Total area Cost rate
Final Answer:
The cost of making the designs is ₹ 162.69 (rounded to two decimal places).
Q14EXERCISE 11.1
Tick the correct answer in the following: Area of a sector of angle (in degrees) of a circle with radius R is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Given:
Angle of the sector = (in degrees)
Radius of the circle = R
To Find:
The correct formula for the area of the sector.
Formula:
The standard formula for the area of a sector with angle and radius is:
Solution:
Substitute and into the standard formula:
Now, we check the given options:
(A) : This is a formula for arc length with an incorrect denominator.
(B) : This is a formula for area with an incorrect denominator.
(C) : This is the formula for the length of an arc.
(D) : Let's simplify this expression.
This matches the standard formula for the area of a sector.
Final Answer:
The correct answer is (D).